Neurotic ? For Soon to be 1st year

[Elysium]

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I've become addicted to this forum when my SO was studying for Step 1 and thought I would throw out a question to those of you who just finished taking Step 1 (btw, congrats Stinger and BigFrank!). Would you guys recommend doing any type of board prep during 1st year? I've heard it's a good idea to buy First Aid. Do you use it to help define what's important in the first 2 years? Are there other books that would be useful for eventual board prep? I know it's a long way down the road, but for crappy non-science major like myself every little bit helps!

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[bigfrank]

Hey there,

Check out my posts in the following thread. They're long and detailed. Best wishes, please ask if you have any more questions.

Best,

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=132554

 

[Idiopathic]

I dont even think doing much remembering of the 1st year is that important. About 80% of the material is straight from 2nd year and the rest is easily reviewable (brachial plexus stuff, etc.). I would learn now and memorize later.

 

[tega]

I dont even think doing much remembering of the 1st year is that important. About 80% of the material is straight from 2nd year and the rest is easily reviewable (brachial plexus stuff, etc.). I would learn now and memorize later.

and to add to this..u dont even have to memorize much later (during step 1 prep..). Much of the significant preclinical info for step 1 becomes commonplace after sufficient repitition......

 

[AlexRusso]

I agree w. Idio. First year is very low yield in terms of the Step 1. Enjoy 1st year and crank it up in 2nd.

 

[lotanna]

compared to everyone else, we take Pathology our 2nd semester 1st yr!!!! 😱 so u can say i've a lot to learn 1styr that will be needed on step 1!!

 

[tega]

yeah...we had general path 2nd semester of first year also and incidentally this was heavily emphasized on my step 1. so my advise would be to learn this well when u take it....meaning?.actually investing some time in robbins/rubins..and saving the review books for later. This will aid u in understanding systemic path ...and also will be helpful for your boards. Those first few chapters of robbins and BRS PATH (gen path) made up a disproportionate amount of my step 1. Also annotate BRS?during this time